Re: Top speed of QR Tilt Train

["Matthew Smith" <matticue@corplink.com.au>]

I don't mean to nit pick, but I was told that the top speed reached was
213km/h. Either way, QR should make it official and knock the XPT off its
perch as the holder of the Australian rail speed record (a measly
193km/h!!).

Regards

Matt Smith
Brisbane, Queensland
matticue@corplink.com.au

You can't slam a revolving door.

David Ryder wrote in message ...
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>thalystgv@yahoo.com wrote in message <76s6u9$aca$1@nnrp1.dejanews.com>...
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>>> > Tilt train top 211 kph?
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>>> That never occured.
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>>If an appropriate track given like Maryborough West to Rockhampton or Gold
>>Coast Railway is this train have the potential to top 211 kph?
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>>James
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>211 kph was the top speed attained during testing and may well be the
>absolute top.
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>For your interest I am told this was achieved during a very early morning
>test run on the Gold Coast Railway.
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>It was conducted at that time to minimise the risk of louts hitting it with
>any missiles.
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